Hi I am Shaun, I am 44 and live in a new town on the outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland. I wanted to share with you my story and what motivates me. I wanted to raise money for VICTA as I am severely visually impaired myself. I have grown up with this and truly understand the benefits [...]

It a was gloomy and rainy evening in Chamonix when I arrived. However, undeterred by these short lived weather conditions and fueled with excitement and a determination to carry out my charity climb and environmental research I started my preparations. The BBC weather forecast proved to be correct and the morning was bright and sunny. My [...]

Two years prior to running the marathon, I had suffered a large pneumothorax (collapsed lung). Although not a huge runner prior to this, I had been interested in running & taken a few short distance runs (including a 10k). The pneumothorax, however, truly knocked the wind out of me to the point where even walking was [...]

VICTA would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who ran the marathon on our behalf. And we mustn’t forget those who supported, massaged and cheered their hearts out at the 2015 London Marathon. Thank you. This year we were thrilled to be joined in the grandstand by a group of students from New [...]

Wendy Coles (aka Grandma!) recently completed an amazing challenge – a trek from the Dead Sea to Petra. Following the recent loss of her sight in one eye through a detached retina, Wendy set out to raise money for VICTA setting herself an amazing target of £4,000. Petra seemed the perfect choice and is close to [...]

Glen’s Fundraising Story The Pendle 600 is an ‘Audax‘ event in which people aim to ride 619km over just two days in 40 hours. I’d signed up for this event just two months in advance on the spur of the moment, with a few days to go I was very nervous. I hadn’t had the chance [...]

My son Ryley has bi-lateral optic nerve/renal coloboma (along with a few other visual issues) and is registered as severely visually impaired. Whilst he is an active, confident and happy 10 year old, there are a whole host of activities which he is simply excluded from. A couple of years ago, we heard about VICTA and [...]

I started running in May 2011 when my sister entered race for life… I decided I needed to get fitter and set some stretching goals. In March 2012 I ran my first half marathon in Bath. Between then and February 2014 I ran over 20 half marathons a bunch of 10kms and a smattering of 5kms. [...]

Running for VICTA… pace designer Tom will be pounding the streets of London come April 21st as he has landed a place in the London Marathon 2013! Tom said; “My target is to raise £2,000 for VICTA – a charity who look after blind and partially sighted children, just like my son Billy. He has a [...]